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Phu-Qui “Bill” Nguyen, suspect detained during last week’s shooting scare on Mississippi State University’s campus, was transported by MSU Police to Baptist Memorial Hospital in Columbus, Mississippi for psychiatric evaluation and treatment. Sid Salter, Chief Communications Officer at MSU, said Nguyen withdrew according to university policy and was not expelled. MSU Police Chief Vance Rice said during an initial phone call with Nguyen, a recruiter in Jackson, Mississippi, took notes during the call and gave them to someone in their office to contact the police. This is when Nguyen’s venting was confused with an imminent threat. According to Rice, MSU PD did not hear Nguyen’s exact quote until after he had been arrested and therefore acted swiftly and accordingly given the information they were given by Mississippi Highway Patrol (MHP) regarding an “active shooter” on campus. Rice explained there were no reported injuries from the scare itself. No charges have been filed and Nguyen has been admitted to a psychiatric facility in Jackson. Rice said the initial “active shooter” alert on Thursday was sent within five to six minutes of receiving the call from MHP. Though it turned out Nguyen was not actually an imminent threat, Mississippi Code § 41-2167(5) states “Whenever a [designated professional] has reason to believe that a person poses an immediate substantial likelihood of physical harm to himself or others ... by virtue of mental illness, then the [designated professional] may hold the person or may admit the person to and treat the person in a licensed medical facility, without a civil order or warrant for a period not to exceed seventy-two (72) hours.” This law allowed for the arrest in good faith of Nguyen and the transport to a mental health facility. Though Salter did not specify which type of withdrawal process Nguyen was
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allowed to use, MSU policy gives students and faculty two options depending on the circumstance. There is the normal withdrawal process students may initiate themselves and also a special withdrawal process for involuntary withdrawal without expulsion for mentally ill students who “engage in behavior which is immediately harmful to others; or is unable to meet reasonable institutional standards of conduct; and in which there is serious question about the student’s appreciation of the nature and quality of the behavior(s) in question.” This process
may be initiated by the recommendation of professional staff, after a student refuses to voluntarily seek mental health care. Students may make an appointment with or walk in to speak with the counselor on duty at the Student Counseling Services located in Hathorn Hall for an appointment on Monday through Friday between the hours of 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. to discuss anything from a stressful test , roommate problems or suicidal thoughts. A student having suicidal thoughts may be referred to outside mental health care or stay within
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the counseling services depending on the severity of the concerns and the discretion of the counselor involved. Students may also call for the counselor on call after hours by calling the MSU Police Department and asking to speak with the counselor. The Division of
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Student affairs has developed a Critical Incident Response Team (CIRT) to respond to incidents such as the one on Thursday. Critical incidents, as defined by Student Affairs Operating Policy 91.312, may be reported to MSU Police or the Dean of Students.
On Thursday, a Maroon Alert about an active shooter on Mississippi State University’s campus was sent out at 10:15 a.m. Every facility chose its own method to react to the emergency. ‘Maroon Alert’ is a voluntary emergency notification system that is installed to notify students, faculty and staff of any emergencies affecting the MSU community ranging from severe weather, burglary, to shootings on campus. To receive Maroon Alert texts, a member of the MSU family has to provide their cellphone number in Banner and opt-in to the service. Social media accounts and the University’s website are other ways to track updates from the emergency system. A biology class in Harned Hall was in progress when the text containing ‘active shooter’ was sent out. According to Aishwarya Dikshit, freshman biological sciences major, the professor of the class asked students to go back to their residence halls after the alert. “Our professor told us to go back to our dorms as soon as possible. We left through the back door and that’s when we received the second message saying “Shooter spotted near Lee Hall. Seek safety immediately.” At that point, I was almost about to lose my calm. Lee Hall is just in front of the building I was in. But I knew that I needed to stay safe and be strong. Not only for myself but for my dear family and friends,” Dikshit said. According to the ‘What to do guidelines’ on MSU’s emergency website, there is a recommendation on how to react in possible shooter situations. The recommendation states, “In most cases, locking or barricading doors and staying inside a room is the desired response. However, use common sense and follow directions provided by the Maroon Alert system.” RESPONSE, 2
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Starting in mid-September, students can expect to see a new show on the air, which is currently being created by Mississippi State’s broadcasting students. “The Department of Communication has two capstone or practicum classes
that we utilize for broadcasting,” Teresa Gawrych, communication instructor said. Broadcasting students are required to take a practicum class in Television News to to graduate. Recently, a new section has been added due to an increase of students. This section is in the process of designing a new show which is requiring many hours of dedication from the students. Gawrych described how the new show will be similar
to Take 30 News, which is the original class; however the new production will be stylized in a different manner. “It’s going to be a little bit more movement with the cameras and some flashier graphics,” Gawrych said. “They’re trying to appeal to a college audience with the types of stories they do and the way they shoot their television show.” Gawrych said the new class will be create a logo and
a new format, in relation to Take 30 News, for their news program. “The students are designing it from scratch; they’re deciding where the cameras go, how they want the show to look, creating a name, doing PR for it,” Gawrych said. “So that’s the thing that kinda makes it a little bit different than our current TV show, which is Take 30 News.” “With all of our broadcasting classes we want our
students to be able to go out and work in the industry; be it local news, national news, or even working for a university,” Gawrych said. “Some of our students have chosen to double emphasis in Broadcasting and PR, so that allows our students to go either work at universities or at news stations.” “It is a news show in the fact that it covers news topics, like sports, news, entertainment, health and beauty
and we also have interviews on the show,” Gawrych said. “It’s just the way we set up our cameras, the way the students decided to format the show, makes it a little bit, almost like an entertainment hybrid, but it still covers news topics.” KayLeigh McCool, senior communication major with concentrations in public relations and broadcasting, said the show was not just for the practicum class, but for all MSU students.
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RESPONSE “If a shooter gets into your classroom, you must rapidly make a judgment call as to the shooter’s intent - hostage taker or killer. There is no standard answer to this, and you must make a personal choice. If the gunman’s intent seems to be taking hostages, statistically, most hostages survive. However, if the gunman is obviously a killer, then your options are reduced to “get out” (flee) or “take out” (disarm or disable the intruder).” McComas Hall is located on the south end of campus, which is home to the Department of Communication and John. E. Forde, associate professor and head of the department. After receiving the emergency alert, Forde walked through the lobbies, locked the front doors including classroom doors and barricaded a few rooms to make sure his building was safe from any intruders. “We thought it was in the best interest of our students
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and faculty to lock all of the outside doors to restrict any additional potential entrance by anyone attempting to cause harm,” Forde said, The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Simrall Hall decided to assemble everyone in the building into room 216 which is the main office of the department. Students who had locked themselves in all of the classrooms were escorted to Room 216 until the all clear was given. The department declined to comment on the issue. Students and staff working in different rooms of the Mitchell Memorial Library were taken to the basement after securing most doors in the facility. The Colvard Student Union had around 200 or more students during the time when the alert was sent according to an eyewitness. After the alert, people dispersed in the lobby
adjacent to Panda Express and locked the doors, some entered rooms in the higher floor above and secured themselves. An Aramark employee who works in the student union said she is restricted to speak to the media and insisted for anonymity. “Everything shutdown and I was behind locked doors, but this is the center place of action on campus. I was terrified, the only emergency we know is severe weather,” she said. Sid Salter, director of Communications at MSU said the university has drilled for shooters on campus for a long time. “Certainly, we will review this incident and learn from it, we may adjust our policies in the future. I was actually in the classroom teaching when the alert went off and I was very impressed with the calm of my students and the fact that they knew how to react and what to do, there
was fear obviously, but the majority of students knew what to do, reacted well and handled this.” The cell phone policy on the emergency website states, “Many instructors require student cell phones to be turned off during class. It is acceptable to continue to do so. However, if such a policy is enforced, it is recommended that the instructor leave his/her cell phone on, in vibration mode, to enable emergency communication.” Regina Hyatt, VP of student affairs, said the university will continue to review the events from last week. For more information about emergency guidelines, recommended policies and procedures, visit emergency.msstate.edu. Four scenarios (severe weather, bomb threat, smoke or fi re, and shooter on campus/hostage taking) are described in detail on the website.
Thursday, Aug. 27, 2015 11:23 a.m. An Aramark employee had a seizure in Colvard Student Union. The employee was transported to OCH. 10:10 a.m. An officer responded to a possible active shooter at Carpenter Hall. 3:15 p.m.An employee reported a suspicious person unlocking the doors to the IED building. Friday, Aug. 28, 2015 3:05 a.m. A student was arrested in Starkville for possession of beer in dry county. 3:05 a.m. A student was arrested in Starkville for possession of beer in dry county. 3:10 a.m. A student was arrested in Starkville for possession of beer in dry county. 9:10 a.m. A student reported losing his iPad on the central bus route. Saturday, Aug. 29, 2015 2:58 a.m. A visitor was arrested on Stone Blvd for careless driving, possession of marijuana, driving with a suspended driver’s license and a DUI 2nd. 10:34 a.m. A Starkville resident was arrested on Stone Blvd for expired tag and a suspended driver’s license. 8:05 p.m. A student was issued a justice court citation and a referral for minor in possession of alcohol on Stone Blvd. Sunday, Aug. 30, 2015 1:08 a.m. A student had cuts on her wrists in Hull Hall. EMTs and an on call counselor were called. The student refused transport to OCH.
PRODUCTION McCool said after graduation, she has an interest in sideline reporting for sporting events, being a sports reporter for a television station or doing PR for a sports team as a spokesperson. McCool is open to other ideas for her career and said she may change her mind after completing the required practicum. Blake Scott, senior, communication major with a concentration in
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broadcasting said his class wants to give to the university community a production that is not your “average news show” and insight through interviews from both local Starkville citizens and MSU students to give greater awareness of the Mississippi State campus and Starkville as a whole. “We’ve been given an opportunity to have something like this and to create something out of nothing
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so for us we really just want to bring the best possible product back to the university that we can,” Scott said. “We as a group are coming up with innovative, fresh ideas and concepts to bring to television and entertainment news and that’s where the most progress is being made.” Scott has past experience with WYAB 103.9 FM out of Jackson, MS and has been involved with media relations around the MSU campus.
The new show, currently referred to as MSTB 98, will begin airing on Tuesdays at 4 p.m. during the month of September. Eight new live shows will be fi lmed appearing on Channel 8 and eventually can be viewed on YouTube and Facebook. For further questions regarding this new production, you may contact Teresa Gawrych at tgawrych@ comm.msstate.edu.
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Over the past several weeks, the Planned Parenthood debate has created an ideological divide in our country. Fueled by the release of several undercover videos, the debate has caused several political leaders to call for the federal defunding of Planned Parenthood. Before I begin my discussion of why the actions of Planned Parenthood warrant their defunding, I will discuss what the defunding process entails. In addition to
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this, I will also address several of the most common misconceptions caused by Planned Parenthood advocates. Planned Parenthood currently receives federal funding in two distinct ways. The first is through Medicaid, which reimburses Planned Parenthood for the services it provides. The second is through a federal program called Title X. Title X awards federal grants to family planning providers in order to meet the needs of low-income families. In accordance with federal regulations, funding obtained through Title X grants cannot contribute to the practice of abortion. However, former Planned Parenthood Director Abby Johnson states, “As clinic director, I saw how money received by Planned Parenthood affiliate clinics all went into one pot at the end of the day- it isn’t divvied up and directed to specific services,” she said. Because Title X lacks
an inherent sense of accountability, it is difficult to monitor how the funds it provides to Planned Parenthood are being used. In addition to discussing individual reasons why Planned Parenthood should be defunded, it is also important to dismiss the misconceptions provided by Planned Parenthood advocates. The first, and most prominent, defense raised by advocates of Planned Parenthood is the argument of necessity. These advocates argue that without Planned Parenthood’s federal funding, low and middle-income women would lose access to primary care and contraception. However, according to the Susan B. Anthony List, “There [are] 1,048 federally qualified health centers in the U.S. which provide women cancer screening, contraception, and STI testing.” These centers provide many (and
in most cases, more) of the same services that Planned Parenthood provides. Furthermore, contrary to claims made by Planned Parenthood advocates, the federal defunding of Planned Parenthood will not result in its dissolution. The second most common argument is that the organization’s abortion services make up only a small percentage of the total services provided. While this is true to an extent (abortion services make up about three percent of the organization’s services), the statistic is also irrelevant. According to Planned Parenthood’s annual report, 327,000 abortions are performed by them per year. Asking federal taxpayers, many of which identify as pro-life, to support an organization which performs 327,000 abortions per year is inherently wrong. When the first undercover
THE REFLECTOR TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 2015 Planned Parenthood video was released on July 14, an eruption of outrage quickly ensued. Deborah Nucatola, Planned Parenthood executive from the video, stated, “We’ve been very good at getting heart, lung, liver, because we know that, so I’m not gonna crush that part, I’m gonna basically crush below, I’m gonna crush above, and I’m gonna see if I can get it all intact.” The callousness in which she spoke was met universally with contempt. However, advocates defended Planned Parenthood by stating there was “no evidence of attempting to sell the aborted fetuses for a profit.” The following video that was released on July 21 shows a Planned Parenthood official haggling with a potential customer over the sale of fetal body parts. Although Planned Parenthood maintains they only charge for the cost that it incurs, the video
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According to the Center for Disease Control (CDC), 62.8 percent of abortions in the U.S. are performed before or at eight weeks gestational age – at which point, according to babycenter.com, the fetus is the size of a kidney bean. The fetus barely has enough cells to form nubby, club-like limbs. More than 90 percent of abortions in the US are performed at or before 13 gestational weeks, which is the last week that falls under the first trimester. Many states have laws that greatly restrict access to abortions, especially as late as 13 weeks (regardless of the fact the fetus is still months from being viable in a neo-natal ICU). So, whether you believe in abortions or not, it should raise a red flag that groups like the publically anti-abortion “Center for Medical Progress” are proclaiming that Planned Parenthood is selling “dead baby parts.” This is especially true since it is actually medically impossible for that to be the case and anti-abortion politicians are latching onto these literally unbelievable horrors without scrutiny to be able to push their own agendas. Let’s face it, these politicians have been waiting for a scandal like this to surface so they could justify wanting
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to destroy access to women’s low income healthcare. Wait, I just started talking about access to healthcare and this entire political uproar was about ‘killing babies’, right? Wrong. As it turns out, Planned Parenthood does far more than perform abortions, which the Washington Post reports is not only the product of just three percent of the organization’s budget, but because of a law called the Hyde Amendment, no federal dollars have been put towards funding abortions, period, since 1976. With this in mind, the argument to federally defund Planned Parenthood based solely on blatant falsehoods about abortion practices becomes even more troublesome because since the money was not going to fund abortions in the first place, anti-abortion politicians are attempting to take something else away from their constituents. According to Planned Parenthood’s website, they offer women’s and men’s healthcare and work to provide affordable healthcare. Some centers are even able to charge based on the patient’s income. They offer health services such as vaccines, cholesterol and anemia tests, STD screenings and treatment, cancer screenings, birth control, hormone therapy for transgender patients, and pregnancy tests, at low costs. What is most surprising to people who are antiPlanned Parenthood is that they offer prenatal and fertility care for women who wish to be pregnant and information on adoption for those who do not wish to keep their babies after carrying them to term. Planned Parenthood does a lot more for women’s low income healthcare than provide abortions. They offer counseling to inform women facing the terrifying
proposition of an unwanted pregnancy be knowledgeable about the laws and procedures of all three options available to her. They do not attempt to force women to get abortions and will help them with prenatal care should she choose to carry the fetus to term. The selling of “dead baby parts” opponents are outraged about? As I already mentioned, there aren’t any “baby parts” in the product of these abortions as the fetuses are simply not developed enough at this point in a pregnancy. Furthermore, the resulting tissues can be donated at the request of the woman to help aid research to cure or prevent diseases such as Parkinson’s or even to help develop technologies to help better prevent miscarriages. In short, whether or not you are anti-abortion, you can rest easy knowing your federal tax dollars will never fund an abortion for any reason. However, if you federally defund Planned Parenthood, you would not really be saving any fetuses from the evils of salad-eating liberals, just preventing people in financial straits from accessing the healthcare they need. This includes pregnant mothers who desperately wish to keep their child who needs help with prenatal care and preventing miscarriages. Yes, you are also preventing abortions by forcing Planned Parenthood to close its doors, but you wouldn’t be funding them in the first place. Did I mention, among these abortions you are attempting to prevent, that you are preventing women who need a safe abortion for medical reasons, such as if the pregnancy is ectopic, which means the fetus is forming outside the uterus and is therefore impossible for the fetus to properly
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get treatment. If after reading this and doing your own research, because I do advocate for extensive fact-checking and thinking for oneself, you come to the conclusion that Planned Parenthood still needs to be shut down, ask yourself: “what exactly am I trying to prevent or punish?”
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grow to term without potentially killing the woman or causing permanent infertility due to internal bleeding from a ruptured Fallopian tube? I’m sure you want to do, such as living. Oh, and also you’re preventing cancer screenings to keep people, especially low income women, from dying of perfectly treatable cancers while they still have time to
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points as to otherwise. The Planned Parenthood official, Dr. Mary Gatter, is seen in the video joking about her “want[ing] a Lamborghini” during the negotiations. The negotiations eventually settled with the buyer, an actor from the Center of Medical Progress, and Dr. Gatter settling at $100 for intact tissue. It is important to note that the selling of fetal body parts for profit is illegal. Over the course of the last few weeks, the activists from the Center of Medical Progress have released several other undercover videos, each depicting equally callous and legally ambiguous situations. Because of the difficulty of monitoring the federal funds being allocated to Planned Parenthood, accompanied by the evidence that the organization is selling fetal tissue for a profit, it is time to federally defund Planned Parenthood.
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‘Make It Snappy’ offers convenient delivery service by Johnniya Walker Contributing Writer
Beginning your freshman year in a new town may sound daunting, but the fear slowly fades as you make new friends and get used to the surroundings—however, those late nights spent studying often call for food, and it can be annoying trying to find a ride to your favorite restaurant for a quick pickme-up when you do not have a car or do not want to drop everything you are doing to leave. ‘Make It Snappy’ alleviates unnecessary stress and offers delivery to Mississippi State University and the Starkville area. The delivery company is run by two former MSU students, Kiara Brown, former communications major, and Samantha Walls, former microbiology major, who are currently taking a hiatus from their studies before returning to school
in the spring with plans to graduate next year. They deliver groceries, food orders and supplies, but do not deliver alcohol or tobacco. Brown and Walls said they mostly deliver in Starkville, but occasionally travel to West Point or Columbus for additional charges. “We deliver to and from every business. From as little as convenience stores, to big restaurants, grocery stores, dry cleaning and the list goes on,” Walls said. “If it’s in Starkville and you need it, we’ll deliver it.” The girls have a deal with The Grill in Starkville, and if someone orders food from the restaurant through them, they will receive a free drink with each entrée. The duo delivers Monday through Thursday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. and 6 p.m. to 12 a.m., Friday and Saturday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. and 6 p.m. to 2 a.m. and Sunday from 2 p.m. to 10 p.m. The company began in May with Walls’ desire to have
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Samantha Walls (pictured) partnered with Kiara Brown to establish ʻMake It Snappy,ʼ a delivery service for the MSU and Starkville area.
to make deliveries within good timing on my own, so I needed to find a trustworthy partner.” Walls and Brown said developing a plan to get the business started was easy, but it was challenging to get the word out about their delivery service. “Advertising was the biggest obstacle,” Walls said. She said she was concerned about safety when the business began, and the pair is vigilant and takes the necessary precautions to prevent harmful events from transpiring. “We’re handling it by riding together at times when we can and always being alert and attentive,” Walls said. Walls said there is currently not any set number of people the company tends to, but the number of calls received increase each day. “I can say I get at least 10 calls a day, but we are expecting that number to increase big time,” she said. The business partners
are posting flyers and brainstorming new ideas to make their business successful. They also rely on their customers to help keep their business going and she hopes to expand the business to new depths one day. “With success, this business shall be in every college town,” Walls said. “Until then, I’m more so worried about catering to my Bulldog family.” She described the company as a business that permits students to have a way to get food or supplies without breaking away from their studies or fun. “They can continue on with their daily lives while we bring them whatever they may need,” she said. Make it Snappy can be found with the twitter handle @makeitsnappy_. For more information, please contact Make It Snappy via phone at 662-338-4999 or email at makeitsnappy7@gmail. com.
someone deliver products to her for convenience’s sake. She said she knew the company would be able to assist a variety of people who were not able to or did not want to go to the store.
“This was an idea that I came up with on my own. The need for this type of business called for some help. This is why I had my friend Kiara to help me,” Walls said. “I knew that I would not be able
stunts to a new extreme with his statement, “And yes, as you probably could have guessed by this moment, I have decided in 2020 to run for president.” Whether West was being serious with his candidacy announcement is still unclear, but time will tell if America is ready for its first president with no actual political background. Cyrus closed the show with a performance which proved to the world once again that she does not care about what others think of her in all her potty-mouth glory—a performance which definitely left the audience thinking what they were thinking all along—“is this for real?”
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VMA’s leave fans in awe Luke Bryan brings Farm Tour by ShaCamree Gowdy Staff Writer
This year’s MTV Video Music Awards was nothing short of amazing— I mean from Miley Cyrus hosting the show in all of her notoriety, along with Kanye West announcing his intent to run for president in the year 2020—the show was legendary. Nicki Minaj opened the show with a very creative performance of her hit singles “Trini Dem Girls” and “The Night is Still Young”. And she also shocked fans when she brought Taylor Swift on stage to help her out. Who would have thought those two would be sharing the stage after their alleged twitter feud over a month ago when Minaj was snubbed from the Video of the Year award category. Now of course everybody expected the host, Miley Cyrus, to completely ruin the show because of her drastic change from sweet little Hannah Montana to wild ‘n out Miley—but her flashy outfits and witty jokes did not disappoint. She also let us know why she put her music on pause this past year—to focus on her true love, Instagram. The audience was
bombarded by celebrity feuds throughout the program. I am sure nobody knew about the sudden issue between Cyrus and Minaj. Well, Nicki certainly made it known when she went on stage to receive her award for Best Hip Hop Music Video. The onlookers were equally shocked when Minaj called out Cyrus for saying some negative things to her in the press a few weeks back, but Cyrus took the unscripted moment and said, “We’re all in this industry. We all do interviews. We all know how they manipulate s—. Nicki, congratulations.” Cyrus’ statement was followed by an awkward silence as Minaj mouthed the B-word to Cyrus again. Aside from the celebrity beef, the VMA’s were full of great performances. Macklemore, Demi Lovato, the Weeknd, A$AP Rocky and Twenty One Pilots, Tori Kelley, Pharrell and more took the stage to perform their hits. Justin Bieber also dominated the stage for the first time in two and a half years, crying after his emotional performance of “What do You Mean.” West’s acceptance speech for the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award was iconic. Not only did his speech address his egotistic nature, but he took publicity
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On October 7, Luke Bryan’s seventh annual Farm Tour 2015 is coming to Holtcamp Farms in Starkville. Bryan is performing concerts at eight farms all over the United States during his Farm Tour. This concert will take place at Holtcamp Farms, which is located at 485 Pritchard Road in Starkville, Mississippi.
Sam Hunt, Chris Janson, Chancie Neal and DJ Rock will also join Bryan during the tour. Kaitlin Burton, sophomore accounting major, said she considers herself to be quite a big Bryan fan. “I have seen him two different times in concert in Tupelo. Then, this past Spring Break I went to Panama City to see his last Spring Break Tour performance. I am super excited to see him perform in October,” Burton said.
“Luke Bryan puts on a fabulous show every time and tries to ensure that everyone is having a great time.” The concert will begin at 7 p.m. Parking will be available starting at 2 p.m., and doors will open for the show at 5 p.m. General admission tickets for Bryan’s Farm tour cost $47. VIP tickets are also available. To purchase tickets or for more information about the concert, visit www. lukebryan.com/farm-tour.
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overall record of 96-36 and a Southland Conference by Dalton Middleton record of 56-11. Contributing Writer “I love it here,” coach McFatrich said on coming to MSU. “Great support, beautiful campus and in This past weekend, a much bigger and better Mississippi State Bulldog conference.” volleyball kicked off the In 2013, Coach 2015-16 campaign by McFatrich won the hosting Jackson State, the Southland Conference University of Louisiana at Coach of the year award. Monroe, Southern Utah, His teams won four and the University of regular season Southland Arkansas at Pine Bluff in Championships and two the Bulldog Invitational. Tournament Conference The Bulldogs finished Championships. He led the Invitational with his teams to the NCAA a 3-1 record. With the Tournament in two of his lone loss coming against four seasons at Central the Southern Utah Arkansas. Thunderbirds. “One of the biggest Junior Evie Grace differences is the Singleton led the Bulldogs’ accountability and the offensive charge, amassing atmosphere feels like 24 kills over the weekend. a family,” senior Alex Sophomore Peyton Harris Warren said on having a led the Bulldogs on defense new coach this season. with 34 digs. “The system we are The Bulldogs started Emma Katherine Hutto | The Reflector running is really fast, and off the season strong by Teammates Evie Grace Singleton and Bali Leffall-Young celebrate a successful play during the Bulldog Invitational. The squad finished 3-1 in the invitational. even though we are still dispatching the UAPB Golden Lions and the Bulldogs only swept two Tigers 3-0. However, things “We got a lot of work to time David McFatrich took adjusting to it, in the long ULM Warhawks on Friday. teams last season, this year did not go as well Saturday do,’’ Head Coach David the court as the Bulldogs run it will be a lot better for In match one, the Bulldogs they matched that on the night, as Thunderbirds McFatrich said. “Three head coach. McFatrich us.” The Bulldogs will be simply outmatched UAPB, first day. were victorious over the and one sounds good, but is from Woodbridge, dominating all three sets. On Saturday, the Bulldogs Bulldogs. Whenever the the competition just gets Virginia, and graduated back in action this weekend In match two, ULM put carried their momentum Bulldogs gained some tougher and tougher from from Arkansas. McFatrich in the Maroon Classic, here up more of a fight, however from Friday into their in-state momentum and closed the here. We just have to get previously coached at in Starkville. Match one will it wasn’t enough as they matchup with Jackson State. gap in each set, Southern better fast, and we will.” Central Arkansas for four be against Stetson on Friday also were defeated 3-0. The The Bulldogs beat the Utah would regain control. The weekend was the first seasons. He fi nished with an at 7 p.m.
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